Official UK procurement notice
ARIA Activation Partners · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. We empower scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of what is technologically or scientifically possible.
We reach across disciplines, sectors and institutions to shape, fund and manage projects across the R&D ecosystem, from startups to universities, to break down silos and discover new pathways.
We're looking for proposals for Activation Partners who will unlock latent ideas, empower talent, support new ventures, and provide insights and connectivity across our opportunity spaces.
For more info see aria.org.uk/activation-partners ↗
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scientific breakthroughs alone won't lead to impact, this is why we're embedding…
Scientific breakthroughs alone won't lead to impact, this is why we're embedding science entrepreneurship into all that we do - from how we recruit our Programme Directors to our funding terms.
We're now looking for Activation Partners to help catalyse entrepreneurial talent and venture creation across our opportunity spaces.
Activation Partners will unlock latent ideas, empower talent, support new ventures, and provide insights and connectivity across our opportunity spaces.
Success will be about more than just deliverables, partners will work alongside us to foster a culture of innovation that propels our opportunity spaces, and therefore the UK, towards massive social and economic impact.
What we're looking for
We don't have preconceptions about the types of organisation we'll work with or highly structured plans for what they'll do - the shape of these partnerships will be driven by the creativity, imagination, instincts and experience of our selected partners.
You can be a nonprofit, startup, fellowship programme, deeptech investor, incubator/accelerator, venture creator, or something else entirely. Above all, we're looking for partners with a deeply technical focus, an appetite for the highly speculative and a commitment to operating as founder and scientist friendly.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
See ARIA website aria.org.uk/activation-partners ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 May 2024, 12:20 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2024, 12:20 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014340- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045731Find a Tender
Publisher note: Detailed timelines can be found in the programme call information on ARIAs website: www.aria.org.uk/activation-partners The application process consists of two stages: - Submission of a initial proposals (2 pages) - Organisations shortlisted based on their initial proposals will be invited to discuss and refine their approach before submitting a full proposal. The deadline for submission of initial proposals is 29 May 2004 (14:00 BST). - Submission of a full proposal - the deadline for submission of proposals is 19 July 2024 (14:00 BST). You can submit a full proposal even if you did not submit an initial proposal or you are not shortlisted for discussion. The total funding value is the estimated budget available. We expect to fund multiple applicants. Funding is anticipated to be award via both contracts and grants. For information on how we fund www.aria.org.uk/activation-partners
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 May 2024 → 19 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published3 May 2024, 12:20 BST
- Submission deadline19 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Not Applicable, see the ARIA Act 2022Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.